Bible Encyclopedia: Apprehension

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Greek

3199. melo -- to be an object of care
... with), especially paying attention (giving thought) to -- ie "taking an interest" ()
with the "implication of some apprehension . . 1, 25.223.). ...
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4329. prosdokia -- expectation
... expectation, looking after. From prosdokao; apprehension (of evil); by implication,
infliction anticipated -- expectation, looking after. see GREEK prosdokao. ...
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Library

Whether the Sensitive Powers of Apprehension are the Subject of ...
... OF THE SUBJECT OF VIRTUE (SIX ARTICLES) Whether the sensitive powers of
apprehension are the subject of virtue? Objection 1: It ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the sensitive powers of.htm

Wherein is the Criterion for the Apprehension of the Soul.
... On the Subject of the Soul. I. Wherein is the Criterion for the Apprehension
of the Soul. All things that exist are either known ...
/.../i wherein is the criterion.htm

Whether Even vices Themselves as Objects of Intellectual ...
... Chapter 6. "Whether Even Vices Themselves as Objects of Intellectual Apprehension
are to Be Preferred to Light as an Object of Sense Perception, and are to ...
/.../chapter 6 name even vices.htm

Coming Now to the Science of Number, it is Clear to the Dullest ...
... Book 2 Chapter 56. Coming now to the science of number, it is clear to
the dullest apprehension� 56. Coming now to the science ...
/.../augustine/on christian doctrine in four books/chapter 56 coming now to.htm

Of the Accounts which are Given by all the Four Evangelists in ...
... Chapter V."Of the Accounts Which are Given by All the Four Evangelists in Regard
to What Was Done and Said on the Occasion of His Apprehension; And of the ...
/.../augustine/the harmony of the gospels/chapter v of the accounts which.htm

How it Often Happens that a Discourse which Gives Pleasure to the ...
... I fail to speak in a manner calculated to effect that, and that this arises mainly
from the circumstance that the intellectual apprehension diffuses itself ...
/.../on the catechising of the uninstructed/chapter 2 how it often happens.htm

Repentance and Impenitence.
... consequently, it cannot be a phenomenon of the intelligence: that is, it cannot
consist in conviction of sin, nor in any intellectual apprehension of our guilt ...
/.../finney/systematic theology/lecture xxxiv repentance and impenitence.htm

Concerning the Place of God: and that the Deity Alone is ...
... That which is comprehended in place or time or apprehension is circumscribed: while
that which is contained by none of these is uncircumscribed. ...
/.../john/exposition of the orthodox faith/chapter xiii concerning the place of.htm

Christ's Lament Over Our Faithlessness
... converse with their unworthy successors"made Christ feel more sharply and poignantly
than He ordinarily did His disciples' slowness of apprehension and want ...
/.../expositions of holy scripture d/christs lament over our faithlessness.htm

The Making of a Prophet
... expressed, the consciousness of personal unlikeness to the holiness of God is the
first result, and the instantaneous result, of any real apprehension of that ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the making of a prophet.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension.

2. (n.) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped.

3. (n.) The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception.

4. (n.) Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.

5. (n.) The faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding; as, a man of dull apprehension.

6. (n.) Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil.

Thesaurus

Apprehension (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure;
as, the hand is an organ of apprehension. ...Apprehension (3 Occurrences). ...
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Fear (970 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A painful emotion or passion excited by the expectation of evil, or the
apprehension of impending danger; apprehension; anxiety; solicitude; alarm ...
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Dread (69 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to, with terrific
apprehension. ... 5. (n.) An object of terrified apprehension. ...
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Knowledge
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The act or state of knowing; clear perception
of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition. ...
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Alarm (26 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in
the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise ...
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Know (8133 Occurrences)
... Hebrew chiefly yadha`, noun da`ath; in Greek ginosko, oida' "to know fully," epiginosko,
noun gnosis epignosis): Knowledge strictly is the apprehension by the ...
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Fearful (73 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Full of fear, apprehension, or alarm; afraid;
frightened. 2. (a.) inclined to fear; easily frightened ...
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Perception (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) Cognizance by the senses or intellect; apprehension by the bodily organs,
or by the mind, of what is presented to them; discernment; apprehension...
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Conceit (14 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) An unduly high opinion of oneself. 2. (n.) Faculty of conceiving ideas;
mental faculty; apprehension; as, a man of quick conceit. ...
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Apprehensive (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt; discerning. 2. (a.) Knowing;
conscious; cognizant. 3. (a.) Relating to the faculty of apprehension. ...
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Bible Concordance

Apprehension (3 Occurrences)

Luke 21:26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for apprehension of those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
(WBS)

Hebrews 5:11 Concerning Him we have much to say, and much that it would be difficult to make clear to you, since you have become so dull of apprehension.
(WEY)

Hebrews 10:27 But a certain fearful apprehension of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
(WBS)

Subtopics

Apprehension

Related Terms

Fear (970 Occurrences)

Dread (69 Occurrences)

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Alarm (26 Occurrences)

Know (8133 Occurrences)

Fearful (73 Occurrences)

Perception (1 Occurrence)

Conceit (14 Occurrences)